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SEVEN DAYS
2015
LICHTBENDE &
MESSIAEN
MAGIC
LANTERNS & ORGAN
Light-art-concert with projections of Lichtbende and organ music of Messiaen.
A projection story about the seven-day creation.
Ten old magic lanterns
project the magical images on a 20 by 4 meters large canvas that take
you to the origins of mankind. A surprising interplay with Messiaen´s
organ music.
Each part represents one
day of the seven-day creation.
Each day, different
techniques are used to depict the story. The Japanese
Utsushi-e and the Turkish Ebru
technique, mechanically driven images in magic lanterns and manually
manipulated slide projectors. The projection
images are created of everyday materials such as
buttons, beads, caps and plastics and express
a disarming lust for exploration. The audience
can see how the performers make the projections with an impressive array
of projectors and mechanisms.
Seven Days was commissioned and performed for the
Messiaen Festival in
the
ORGELPARK Amsterdam.
2015 February 28, 2016 Januari 29 and 30.
SEVENxDAYS
Day 1 - Universe -
From Livre du Saint Sacrement: La Manne Et Le Pain De
Vie
Day 2 -
Earth - From Livre du Saint Sacrement: Prière Après La
Communion
Day 3 - Water - From La Nativité
Du Seigneur: Les Bergers
Day 4 - Plants - From Messe De La Pentecôte: Entrance (Les Langues
Feu)
Day 5 - Insects - From La Nativité
Du Seigneur: Les Anges
Day 6 - Birds - From Livre du Saint Sacrement:
La Joie De La Grâce
Day 7 - Human - From La
Nativité Du Seigneur:
Dieu Parmi Nous
PERFORMERS
Organ: Gerrie Meijers.
Projections
Lichtbende: Rob logister & Marie Raemakers.
Dramaturgy
and choreography:
Jeannette van Steen.
Gerrie Meijers
is organist and
pianist; She graduated
with distinction from the
Conservatory in Arnhem
and won prizes at international competitions
in Toulouse and Nijmegen.
Gerrie Meijers gives
concerts in the Netherlands
and abroad. She specializes
in accompanying vocalists and
regularly participates in
special opera, theater,
dance and film projects. She
played at the opening concert
of the International Organ
Festival Haarlem in 2012,
the premiere of the
Fukushima requiem
Zsigmond Szathmary.
Gerrie Meijers
is organist of the
Church Remonstrantse
Haarlem and pianist /
corepetitor in
many choirs.
Olivier Messiaen is
without doubt one of
the most religious composers of
the 20th century. That
fact makes his music
instantly recognizable, especially since
he has developed an
idiom for it,
based on self-constructed
scales, a controlled
way of
rhythm disruption,
the reference to
birdsongs in his compositions
and the use of new
instruments. He was
organist of the Parisian
Ste-Trinité for decades.
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